Boeing goes boing: 757 loses a wheel while taxiing down the runway
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2024/01/24/boeing_757_wheel_failure/
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According to the Federal Aviation Administration's [1]report of the incident, Delta flight 982 from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to El Dorado International in Bogota, Columbia was lined up for takeoff when a "nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill."
No one was hurt in the incident, per the FAA report. Thankfully 757 nose landing wheels come in pairs and the aircraft was towed off the runway eventually.
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Delta told The Register the flight's 172 passengers (which conflicts with the FAA's count of 184) were transferred to another aircraft, which [3]arrived in Columbia a little over five hours late.
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"Delta Flight 982 ATL/BOG was taxiing for departure when a nose gear tire came loose from the landing gear," the airline said. "All customers and their bags were removed from the aircraft, transferred to the gate and onto a replacement aircraft. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience."
Delta said the incident is still under investigation, and the aircraft was returned to service the following day after repairs.
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When asked for comment, Boeing directed us to Delta, saying it ended deliveries of the 757 in 2004. The aircraft in question, [7]N672DL , has been part of Delta's fleet since 1992.
A purported [8]recording of chatter between pilots and aircraft lined up for takeoff during the incident has been posted to YouTube, indicating that the pilot of DAL982 was unaware of the loss before a flight lined up behind it radioed the tower to inform them that the wheel had come off and bounced down the runway.
Door plugs are so two weeks ago
Boeing is still dealing with the fallout from an emergency door plug flying off a plane [9]in mid flight earlier this month, which has led to hundreds of 737 Max 9 aircraft being grounded for safety inspections that have resulted in less-than-stellar discoveries.
Inspections being performed by Alaska Airlines, which operated the flight that lost the door plug, and United Airlines, which has the largest fleet of the troublesome aircraft, have found [10]loose bolts in various areas surrounding the door plugs. The presence of so many loose bolts suggests some serious manufacturing issues.
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[12]Perfect timing... US Navy throws Boeing $103M to update its sub recon jets
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[14]Boeing 787s must be turned off and on every 51 days to prevent 'misleading data' being shown to pilots
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby [15]referred to the door plug incident Tuesday as "the straw that broke the camel's back" for his airline, and said United is considering a future without the next generation of Boeing 737 jets, the Max 10. Kirby expressed "disappointment" over continued manufacturing challenges at Boeing, but said the problems weren't new.
Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci, on the other hand, [16]said Tuesday that he was beyond frustrated and disappointed: "I am angry," he told NBC.
"This happened to Alaska Airlines. It happened to our guests and happened to our people … my demand on Boeing is what are they going to do to improve their quality programs in-house," Minicucci said.
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The Alaska CEO also said during the interview that "many" of the company's 737 Max 9 aircraft were found to have loose door plug bolts.
Beyond the recent issues with the 737 Max 9, two earlier-generation 737 Max aircraft have [18]crashed in recent years, killing 346 people. Those incidents were blamed on a series of failures at the manufacturer, in addition to the FAA allowing Boeing to inspect its own aircraft. The FAA is [19]reconsidering Boeing's permission to self-inspect in light of the door plug incident. ®
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[1] https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:12951779521749::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:22-JAN-24,BOEING
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Re: click bait
Agree - it left Boeing's assembly shop over 30 years ago together with hundreds of others. The default assumption is it is either a wrongly fitted tyre or a tyre fault. With around half the world's jet manufactured fleet and with random incidents happening daily (according to the wonderful Aviation Herald) it's unsurprising that a Boeing jetliner will be involved quite often. Thankfully very few reflect any issue with Boeing itself - even if it should be zero.
I'm usually quite critical of the post-McD management but we must give them and their predecessors a free pass on this unless an investigative authority turns up something unexpected.
In other news several Fords was involved in a collisions today including loss of life ... and even more needed tyre repairs.
Re: click bait
Well we're now at the stage of "anything Boeing related is going to make the news", even stuff that happens all the time isn't reported because it isn't noteworthy to make international news, or even be discussed around the water cooler by the air traffic control people.
Re: click bait
TBF - The FAA website states "AIRCRAFT DURING LINE UP AND WAIT, NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF AND ROLLED DOWN THE HILL, ATLANTA, GA."
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:12951779521749::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:22-JAN-24,BOEING
Re: click bait
"It didn't lose a wheel according to your article, it just lost a tyre!"
So, you are happy to just lose a tyre are you? The effect of losing a wheel and a tyre is rather similar. Maybe you'd like to try driving your car/bike/truck without a tyre and see how you like it.
Re: click bait
Well, to be fair, a car or truck with 4 wheels and three tyres is more easily drivable than a car or truck with 3 wheels. Not quickly, or safely, but drivable nonetheless :-)
Obvious cause
Boeing's quality problems are clearly due to the top echelons of management being woefully underpaid. If the C-suite had their pay tripled or quadrupled, they would then have sufficient incentive to run the company properly.
Re: Obvious cause
Except this is a 757-200, which Boeing doesn't even manufacture any more. It predates current-year boeing by a couple of decades. The obvious cause in this instance is a maintenance failure.
(Yes, I realise you were joking, but it has to be said, just in case someone takes it seriously.)
Oh, come on!
I’m just about as critical of Boeing’s leadership and disapoointed by their decline as anyone else but surely you can’t pin this one on THEM?
If anything it reflects poorly on Delta and their maintenance teams…
Delta actually has one of the better records for maintenance, compared to a lot of airlines.
Fake?
Was the tyre a fake one?
Fake parts is said to be a growing problem!
Florida man
Also has a 757-200
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Force_One
Even after this incident, I'd be happy to travel in a Delta aircraft than one belonging to the Florida man
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Force_One
"the aircraft was towed off the runway eventually"
So, are you telling me it was removed from the environment?
click bait
I'm saddened to see El Reg reduced to click bait headlines. It didn't lose a wheel according to your article, it just lost a tyre! And I don't see any way Boeing can be held responsible for that. It wasn't (I assume) the original tyre! So I'd be looking at whoever fitted the tyre and whoever regularly inspects the wheels for damage.